PassPack: Holding Your Keys for the 2.0 Kingdom

If you are anything like me, you are a member of numerous community sites, have more than one blog, and have a folder in your Gmail account assigned to hold all your site registration information. At least once a week, you forget which password and userid goes with which site, and you are forced to click on the dreaded “Forgot your password?” link on one of your favorite sites.

Click that link no more; PassPack has the solution for you. PassPack provides one location to store all your usernames and passwords in a single encrypted file, ready for you to access at any time. Now you only have to remember one username, one password, and a packing key, and you can instantly access all your usernames and passwords, no matter where you are; even if you can't access your own computer or email.

PassPack uses AES encryption, which is the approved method of encryption by the US Government. PassPack also uses an anti-phishing scheme; you create your own welcome screen that appears before you enter your packing key. If the screen is wrong; you know you aren't on the right site. To ensure security, PassPack is completely anonymous; no user information or email address is ever collected. And after your pack is encrypted? Not even the developers can read your passwords.

PassPack also supports strong passwords, and if you have trouble coming up with them on your own, have no fear, PassPack can auto-generate one for you. There is also a scramble feature to prevent nosy folks from viewing your passwords over your shoulder. And you can import and export your passwords list, create and restore encrypted copies of your PassPack information, and even use the site as a sort of passport; simply unpack your passwords, copy your password for a site, and click the “Go to” button and it takes you to the URL for the site you've already entered. Even better, for folks like me who use more than one username, compartmentalized for personal or business use, you can add tags to your entries, helping you sort out what information you need when.

I've never had an application I found online become so integral a part of my daily online experience as PassPack has. When you first create your pack, you are given the opportunity to print out the login information you'll need to unpack your file. A copy of that will go in my safe deposit box along with all the other important papers to be accessed in case of any emergency. My husband will have immediate access to all the sites I use, and would be able to sort out which ones needed immediate attention. And it sure beats my previous email folder and Post-It system.

Source: Ajaxian